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Athens (ATH) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
553 km
344 mi · 299 nm
Flight time
1 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
70 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (41 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
981,717
2024 · +35.1%
Flights / week
107
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
1,217,821 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_el), reported by the airport in Greece, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from ATH to ISTATHIST
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from ATH
46°
Heading from IST
230°
Halfway point
39.63, 26.28
Great-circle km
553 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 129,841 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJun129.8KJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202451,879
Feb 202454,091
Mar 202466,789
Apr 202472,493
May 202482,283
Jun 2024129,841
Jul 2024102,845
Aug 202488,413
Sep 202489,470
Oct 202490,155
Nov 202479,374
Dec 202474,084
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 672 flights
05001KJanFebMarAprMayJun672JulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024374
Feb 2024349
Mar 2024400
Apr 2024414
May 2024431
Jun 2024672
Jul 2024533
Aug 2024461
Sep 2024446
Oct 2024470
Nov 2024485
Dec 2024548

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 553 km.

ATH Athens → IST Istanbul

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

IST Istanbul → ATH Athens

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Athens and Istanbul

ISTSAW
ATH553567

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul airports

More routes from ATH

Route Distance Passengers / year
ATH → SKG299 km 1,649,094
ATH → HER309 km 1,452,941
ATH → JTR218 km 1,377,866
ATH → LCA932 km 1,365,755
ATH → TLV1,195 km 1,006,877
ATH → LHR2,430 km 918,788
ATH → FCO1,087 km 898,550
ATH → CHQ268 km 818,996
ATH → CDG2,111 km 807,564
ATH → RHO405 km 763,781

More routes from IST

Route Distance Passengers / year
IST → IKA2,058 km 2,050,223
IST → ADB358 km 1,896,910
IST → AYT518 km 1,742,584
IST → ESB382 km 1,497,202
IST → DXB3,032 km 1,429,665
IST → LHR2,493 km 1,281,925
IST → VKO1,709 km 1,235,902
IST → JED2,383 km 1,184,492
IST → CDG2,217 km 1,010,453
IST → AMS2,187 km 866,371

Questions

Athens (ATH) and Istanbul (IST) are 553 km (344 miles, 299 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.